NORTHERN ORIOLE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does northern oriole mean? 

• NORTHERN ORIOLE (noun)
  The noun NORTHERN ORIOLE has 1 sense:

1. a kind of New World oriole

  Familiarity information: NORTHERN ORIOLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORTHERN ORIOLE (noun)

Meaning:

A kind of New World oriole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Icterus galbula; northern oriole

Hypernyms ("northern oriole" is a kind of...):

American oriole; New World oriole; oriole (American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "northern oriole"):

Baltimore bird; Baltimore oriole; firebird; hangbird; Icterus galbula galbula (eastern subspecies of northern oriole)

Bullock's oriole; Icterus galbula bullockii (western subspecies of northern oriole)

Holonyms ("northern oriole" is a member of...):

genus Icterus; Icterus (type genus of the Icteridae)